![]() “They will pick the most prominent trends and make it wearable already. Pennie says we won’t have to worry too much about picking our favorite pieces from new collections because retailers will do it for us. Take one visual element and incorporate into your wardrobe.īryanboy, fashion blogger of “I love the tropical prints from Joseph Altuzarra, the hyper flower power at Peter Thom, the botanical prints from Alexander Wang … This season is very visual.” “Half of New York showed florals, but in a great way,” says blogger Bryanboy. Sequins, silks and cottons were used prominently on the Phillip Lim, Calvin Klein and Preen catwalks, according to Pennie. Pastels are also likely to be popular, with a lot of baby pinks, blues and yellows in different fabrics. He was one of my favorites,” says Pennie. “Princess chic is a massive (trend) and that starts with everything from floor length skirts (to) taffeta, tulle and organza, paired with foxy lace and spandex tube tops. It is a view echoed by stylist and fashionista Nikki Pennie, who welcomes the return of the feminine. Everything will be much more delicate – ladylike structures and in color.” It is no longer aggressive combat boots or thick-soled wedges. Solomon says, “(Earrings are) the ultimate punctuation point for femininity. It is floral-inspired, tropical-inspired, ethnic-inspired, artist-inspired and scarf-inspired and usually is seen in a dress, a pair of pants, an underscore skirt and in colors that range from pale pastels to shocking neons.”Īccessories will be minimal but in line with accentuating the feminine look and earrings will make a big comeback. “The catch-all phrase of the season is femininity. “It is a totally feminine look that we haven’t seen in years,” she adds. It wasn't always successful-one of Stella Tennant's outfits sprouted unfortunate seaweed panniers-but how many other designers are there who are prepared to take such risks after six decades in the business? Strike that.Model Kate Moss in Louis Vuitton shows how the Spring season will be about feeling like a princess. The ruffles on one dress looked like sea sponges, the iridescent streamers flying from another like seaweed. ![]() It was enthralling to watch the way he insinuated his underwater theme into this traditional Chanel lexicon. So there were boxy tweeds, drop waists, mille-feuille pleats, and an ocean of prettiness for the fans. Still, he insisted on something that was recognizably within the codes of the house. ![]() Lagerfeld's aim was nothing too "Chanel" because, he sagely noted, there are already so many other people doing that style. And Sam McKnight dotted pearls through the models' slicked-back hair, too. That was also why Lagerfeld strung pearls, instead of belts, around waists. They brought an iridescent mother-of-pearl shimmer to the collection-the lightness literally shone through. He'd used new fabrics even he didn't know how to define. Chanel hasn't been in existence for quite that long, but there was an impressive, graphic modernity shaped by lengthy natural processes (Karl's thoughts) in most of the 80 or so outfits that strolled around today's massive set. ![]() He'd been musing on the fact that forms as modern as anything designed by the architect Zaha Hadid have been shaped at the bottom of the ocean by natural processes taking millions of years. What the water gave Karl was the kind of acute overview that only he could turn into a dazzling collection. The Grand Palais was transformed by huge, blinding white sea shapes-corals, shells, sea horses, stingrays-and Florence Welch arose like Botticelli's Venus on the half shell to sing "What the Water Gave Me." It was a bravura performance all around. For today's Chanel spectacular, Karl Lagerfeld recast himself as Prospero, conjuring a magical underwater world from the raw stuff of fashion. ![]()
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